Hence the church in these countries would seem to have said, Keep that old pagan name. We are struck with wonder when we hear that God obeyed the voice of Josue- The Lord obeying the voice of man- and made the sun stand when he said move not, O sun, towards Gabaon. 0000004299 00000 n Even in the New Testament, we have seen deeply-rooted strife among the Jewish and Gentile Christians. To make things even clearer, the Bible explicitly says that Yahshua (Jesus Christ), His Disciples, and the early Christian churches kept the seventh-day Sabbath. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. . Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church." The Catholic church says No! cooperate with the church in maintaining and strengthening this public I dont select the ads displayed here but generated by advertising software. How to Say Happy Sabbath in Different Languages. Question: Is Sunday worship supported by the Bible? ), p. 229, n, The Pope by reason of the excellence of his supreme dignity is called bishop of bishops. . . Canon 29- Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday. Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. Moreover the superiority and the power of the Roman Pontiff by no means pertain only to the heavenly things, to the earthly things, and to the things under the earth, but are even over angels, than whom he is greater. A German scholar, theologian and professor of Church history, he was educated at Tbingen University. Do you think that all of the other Sunday keeping churches realize they are practicing a major change or doctrine of the Catholic church by observing Sunday as the Sabbath? For example, nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christ or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. There is no such law in the Bible. (3). Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the First Century. Is Mary, Mother of Jesus, a Perpetual Virgin? 0000000816 00000 n (9) Eusebius, Commentary on the Psalms, Psalm 91 (Psalm 92 in the A.V. 2, translated, The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. strident measures be taken to insure a day of rest is observed, and to inflict The Mark of the Beast PURPOSE: The loyalty of every person in the world will be tested in the end-time crisis by whose commandments they choose to obey - hrist's or Antichrist's. FOCUS: Jesus is alone worthy of worship and the one who can make something holy. Some theologians have held that God likewise directly determined the Sunday as the day of worship in the New Law, that He Himself has explicitly substituted the Sunday for the Sabbath. (1) Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1893), Vol. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday. Romes Challenge www.immaculateheart.com/maryonline Dec 2003. 2, p. 174. Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. Discuss with a minister? } - Time will soon be no more! In keeping the Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic Church. The Bible says, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. The Catholic Church says: No. 2023 The Bible Says That All rights reserved. 0 It bears repeating: Christians at the time of the calendar change were not confused over Saturday being the Sabbath. It shall remain consecrated, sanctified The Catholic World, March 1994, p. 809, Constantine published the Edict of Milan, granting freedom of religion in the empire and establishing Sunday as a day of worship. Colliers Encyclopedia vol 7, p. 212, It appeared an unworthy thing that . A Catholic who believes that Christ was resurrected on Sunday is far more consistent than a Sunday-keeping Protestant who claims to base all of his belief on the Bible and the Bible only. (2). The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify. James Cardinal Gibbons, It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. It is no secret that the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role in turning the Sabbath into Saturday. weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first.Catholic The author of the Sunday law . And now . . Saint Catherine Parish is located in Milwaukee County the traditional territory of the Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk tribes. . of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. 524-525. The Day of the Lord (dies domini) was chosen, NOT from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Churchs sense of its own power . Transhumanism is Satans ultimate goal: men created in his own image. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. "Pastor's Page," The Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel Volume 50, Number 22 (May 21,1995). churches at different times in history. They have continued the custom even though it rests upon the authority of the Catholic Church and not upon an explicit text from the Bible. We have now clearly shown that the reasons given by many to justify why they keep Sunday as the Sabbath are un-Biblical and incorrect. 12, 3). Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 If Protestants would follow the Bible, they would worship God on the Sabbath Day. This list of quotes reveals the true colors of this church system as predicted in Bible prophecy. 3, tit. overtly religious but is couched in a concern for the welfare of the American family. Everyone knew that dies Saturni had recently been moved from the first day of the pagan week to the last day of the pagan week, while Sabbato was the seventh day of the Jewish luni-solar calendar with which no one in power wished to be associated. 86 0 obj <> endobj Professor Bill Schlegel provides invaluable tips on this subject in this excellent presentation. The Protestant claiming the Bible to be the only guide of faith, has no warrant for observing Sunday. The Sabbath Day, as we have discussed, is observed from the sunset of Friday to the sunset of Saturday. Notice this admission from the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21, 1995: "Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. And this is the victory that has over, "Papal Infallibility: Its not what most Protestants think!" Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd Eusebius, Life of Constantine 3, chapter 18, quoted in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 1979, Vol. It was at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 that Emperor Constantine made Sunday the official day of worship for the entirety of the Roman Empire. Slowly, but surely, Sabbath-keepers were driven into hiding while Sunday-keepers were out in the open. Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. ), pp. The Church altered the observance of the Sabbath to the observance of Sunday. 2 Thess 2:15. But looking deeper, who gave this Church power so Gods true day of worship could be changed? (Luke 9:62), 17 Unbelievable Bible Secrets No One Has Ever Told You, 12 Unspoken Reasons Why You Should Not Use the New International Version (NIV) Bible, 10 Little-Known Lessons from the life of Tabitha (Dorcas) in Acts 9:36-43, 5 Powerful and Vital Lessons from the Life of Samson, 12 Awesome Lessons We Learn from the Healing of the Man Blind from Birth (John 9:1-41), 5 Powerful Lessons from the Life of Jephthah. ironic to see They have no other reasonThe observance of Sunday thus comes to be an ecclesiastical law entirely distinct from the divine law of Sabbath observanceThe author of the Sunday lawis the Catholic Church. Ecclesiastical Review, February 1914. Can the dead c. If it were not enough for us that two of . Constantine was a well-known worshipper of the sun god Sol Invictus. 0000013430 00000 n })(); 'The Christian Life' is a non-profit organisation registered in Norway. And, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. Hefeles Councils, Vol. Again, these were two different days on two distinct calendar systems. Tradition, not Scripture, is the rock on which the church of Jesus Christ is built. : (931) 388-3803 Fax: (931) 381-8837 www.stcatherinecc.org After Hours Emergency Contact (931) 215-5980 Rev. . It is not really fair to accuse Roman Catholics of dishonesty when all along they have said that their church changed the day of worship to Sunday. ), pp. The church chose Sunday, the first day of the week, and in the course of time added other days as holy days. Question - Which is the Sabbath day? the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 336) transferred the Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? "The Day of the Lord" (dies Dominica) was Here are just a few. . We have the commandment of God given to Moses to keep holy the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Were the Redeemer to descend into a church, and sit in a confessional to administer the sacrament of penance, and a priest to sit in another confessional, Jesus would say over each penitent, Ego te absolve, the priest would likewise say over each of his penitents, Ego te absolve, and the penitents of each would be equally absolved Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the creator of his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as it were, Jesus in the sacrament, by giving him a sacramental existence, and produces him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father let the priest, says St. Laurence Justinian, approach the altar as another Christ. St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Dignities and Duties of the Priest (1927), All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which it is established that he is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope. (Robert Bellarmine, Disputationes de Controversiis, Tom. They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. All of us believe many things in regard to religion that we do not find in the Bible. (7) A. T. Jones, The Two Republics, (Ithaca, Michigan: A. It is not even surprising to see, when Constantine adopted Christianity, that it was difficult for him to completely abandon Mithraism. The power of the priest, says St. Bernardine of Sienna, is the power of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world. St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest or Selva, pp. Following is a sampling of the numerous statements made by Catholics honestly stating that they are responsible for the calendar change that transferred worship to dies Solis: The facts of history having been forgotten by most people, many Catholic writers have used planetary week terminology (i.e., Saturday), which could be considered deceptive. Who Made Sunday Holy? pastoral intuition suggested to the Church the christianization of the notion of Sunday as "the day of the sun", which was the Roman name for the day and which is retained in some modern languages. In fact, instead of being ashamed of it, they are proud of changing the Sabbath day and changing other laws of God. [2] These reasons are more than satisfactory for the Catholic. Quoted in Symposium on Revelation, pp. Or will they still hold the indefensible, self contradictory, and suicidal doctrine and practice of following the authority of the Catholic church and wear the SIGN of her authority? st catherine catholic church sentinel may 21, 1995 But since Saturday, not Sunday, is specified in the Bible, isn't it curious that non-Catholics who profess to take their religion directly from the Bible and not the Church, observe Sunday instead of Saturday? Saturday, dies Saturni, the original first day of the planetary week is a counterfeit of the true seventh-day Sabbath day of the Bible. "Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles. (9), It was at this time that Sylvester I, Bishop of Rome during the Council of Nicaea, attempted to rename the days of the pagan week by the Biblical week-day names. Let us then have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crowd.. St. Catherine of Siena Church is a community parish which walks the line between the traditional Catholicism and the modern day world. Get to know staff and parishioners at Saint Sebastian and Saint Catherine. - The Earth is no, Daily surrender is the secret to a strong and lasting, joyous and intimate relationship with Yahuwah. defended only on Catholic principles. Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day. { 26-27, Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, be called the creator of his Creator, since by saying the words of consecration, he creates, as it were, Jesus in the sacrament, by giving him a sacramental existence, and produces him as a victim to be offered to the eternal Father. The day of the Lord was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Churchs sense of its own power People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995. punishment on those who would transgress. Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? . (1). 0000005915 00000 n 2, b. "The day of the Lord" was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power .. People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become Seventh-day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy." (Saint Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.) The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. (8) Catholic Encyclopedia, Eusebius of Caesarea, www.NewAdvent.org. The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, fifty Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. The information is easy to find. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Bible. Catholic Virginian, October 3, 1947, p. 9, Article: To Tell You the Truth., Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed authorities to cooperate with the Church in legislation of Sunday as Reason and sense demand the acceptance of one or the other of these alternatives: either Protestantism and the keeping holy of Saturday, or Catholicity and the keeping holy of Sunday. 'The Day of the Lord' [ dies domini] was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church's sense of its own power" ( Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995). As a result, faithful Christians were forced to keep the Sabbath in secret and gather together in catacombs and hidden places. We have also shown from scripture that the little horn of Daniel 7, which is synonymous with the beast of Revelation 13 would think to change Gods law and it did. With this, we are now beginning to see the history of the Sabbath controversy. Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the Bible, it should worship on Saturday." Her mother was 40 when she was born. As there is no scripture for the transfer of the day of rest from the last to the first day of the week, Protestants ought to keep their Sabbath on Saturday and thus leave Catholics in full possession of Sunday.. H. J. Schroeder (trans. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { forms: { For all Trinitarians, Johnprovidesa 'solid' proof of Christ's divinity, especially in what he penned in the first chapter of his gospel. [Seventh-day] Adventists, and keep Saturday holy. Saint Catherine contentious as Pope John Paul II continues to press for mandatory Sunday %%EOF Why You Should Never Try To Contact The Dead, Powerful Answers To 13 Popular Sabbath Questions. 0000005432 00000 n Because the Catholic Church tells them to do so. revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century 3, p. 380. 563-564. When a man or a woman is honestly mist, Come Out of Her, My People! (Given the 7th day of March, Crispus and Constantine being consuls each of them for the second time [A.D. 321] (Codex Justinianus, lib. 67-68: Constantine was almost certainly a Mithraic, and his triumphal arch, built after his conversion, testifies to the Sun-god, or unconquered sun. 0000001069 00000 n window.mc4wp.listeners.push( Saint Catherine Catholic Church, She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Today, great But our wonder should be far greater when we find that in obedience to the words of his priests HOC EST CORPUS MEUM God himself descends on the altar, that he comes wherever they call him, and as often as they call him, and places himself in their hands, even though they should be his enemies. Statements made by the Roman Catholic Church about the Sabbath . Sentinel, Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995 . The Church, on the other hand, after changing the day of rest from the Jewish Sabbath, or seventh day of the week, to the first, made the Third Commandment refer to Sunday as the day to be kept holy as the Lord's Day. The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church. Question: who changed the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday? The church made this law long after the Bible was written. Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not survive infancy. But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. hotly debated issue of legislating Sunday as a day of rest. In this matter the Seventh-day Adventist is the only consistent Protestant. For an expos of the powers behind the scenes, clickHERE. Hence the church in these countries would seem to have said, to 'Keep that old pagan name [Sunday]. Daniel Reehil, Pastor Email: [email protected] "To the servant of God. It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. 0000010697 00000 n of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, February 18, 1884, printed in History of the Sabbath, p. 802. - The last message of mercy ever to be given. (6) Patrick Madrid on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. [1-minute video], Which day should Christians go to Church? The retention of the old pagan name of Dies Solis, for Sunday is, in a great measure, owing to the union of pagan and Christian sentiment with which the first day of the week was recommended by Constantine to his subjects - pagan and Christian alike - as the 'venerable' day of the sun. And after having come, he remains, entirely at their disposal; they move him as they please, from one place to another; they may, if they wish, shut him up in the tabernacle, or expose him on the altar, or carry him outside the church; they may, if they choose, eat his flesh, and give him for the food of others. St. Alphonsus de Liguori, The Dignity and Duties of the Priest or Selva, pp. event : evt, And lo the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church. American Sentinel, Father Enright, June 1893, Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century. It is clear that their function is such that none greater can be conceived. He that despiseth the priest despiseth God; he that hears him hears God. . and the sun stood still. New Moon Day: Why the Dawn After Conjunction, The Sundayis purely a creation of the Catholic Church., Sundayis the law of the Catholic Church alone, Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principlesFrom beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first., They [the Protestants] deem it their duty to keep the Sunday holy. the truly divine command of Constantine and the council of Nicaea that nothing should be held in common with the Jews, was made the basis and the authority for legislation, utterly to crush out the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord, and to establish the observance of Sunday only in its stead. Modern sabbatarians have assumed that Saturday was the Bible Sabbath, but the Catholic Church herself has never denied the role she played in rejecting the luni-solar Sabbath of the Bible and promoting instead worship on dies Solis, the day of the Sun. . According to stories, he converted to Christianity after winning his battle against the Roman Emperor Maxentius in A.D. 312. Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be After almost a decade, he made a proclamation that the day of worship should be done on Sunday and not Saturday. It is now commonly held that God simply gave His Church the power to set aside whatever day or days she would deem suitable as Holy Days. Here are just a few below. But the Scripture does not in particular mention this change of the Sabbath. Hefeles A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. ST. CATHERINE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3019 Cayce Lane, Columbia, Tennessee 38401 Ph. listeners: [], Scripture reveals, This shocking compilation of facts about the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, is a must read for any Bible Prophecy St, Revelation 17 & the 7 Kings: WLC has long taught that the seven mountains/kings are seven popes, with the late Bene, RT @LTCUnderground: Saturday Morning Underground #3 - Ordinals and Principles. ---> A Non-WLC Article: "14 Reasons Why I Wont Watch The Chosen", Faith is the victory! Sunday is our mark of authority. I answer yes. (3) Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, (New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1959), p.105, emphasis supplied. Someone Admits to Changing The Sabbath is about who we give our allegiance to. CALENDAR BULLETIN ONLINE-GIVING Saint Catherine Parish is a member of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes along with Saint Sebastian. As in creating the world it was sufficient for God to have said, Let it be made, and it was created -He spoke, and they were made- so it is sufficient for the priest to say, Hoc est corpus meum, and behold the bread is no longer bread, but the body of Jesus Christ. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. ________________________________________________________________________. United States federal government in order to enact laws for the All things whatsoever it was duty to do on the Sabbath, these we have transferred to the Lords day, as being more appropriate, and chief, and first, and more honorable than the Jewish Sabbath. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday. Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of our Father, p. 89, The Bible says remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Cap. What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High (Psalms 91:1)? duplicated in other parts of the world as well under the same pretense. Arthur P. Stanley, History of the Eastern Church, p. 184 "When St. Paul repudiated the works of the law, he was not thinking of the Ten Commandments, which are as unchangeable as God Himself is, which God could not change and still remain the . ), in J. P. Migne, Patrologia Graeca, Vol. For the religious leaders, this is evil and should be stopped. 0000001240 00000 n Letter, Dies Domini, was quoted as saying that a violator should be The Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority. Instead, you post secondary sources and hearsay as your "evidence". Over the centuries, as the facts of history have been forgotten, Saturday has been assumed to be the Biblical seventh-day Sabbath. (2) Patrick Madrid, comments on Open Line, EWTN, Global Catholic Radio Network, January 5, 2006. Join me now as we explore Gods word and discover what it takes to become a true Christian! ), Fourteenth Session: Sacrament of Penance, The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent (Rockford, IL: TAN Books 1978): 92, The Bible says remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. In this same letter, Enright offers $1000 to any one who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound, under grievous sin, to keep Sunday holy. There is no denying that the Catholic Church is responsible for the change: The Commandments, or Decalogue . The same message is being made in an 1895 Catholic newspaper called The Catholic National: "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ himself hidden under the veil of flesh." If that is not enough, read what the Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel (May 21, 1995) said: 0000009601 00000 n listeners: [], The Council of Laodicea was convened approximately 40 years later to enforce the acceptance of the Lords Day in place of the lunar Sabbath. So the great irony is that even the Seventh-day Adventists themselves are not worshipping on exactly the same Sabbath day as the Jews of the time of Christ. Therefore the observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church. Monsignor Louis Segur, Plain Talk About The Protestantism of Today, p. 213. event : evt, Heres why . . We are, then, infallible, and whatever may be our acts, we are not accountable for them but to ourselves. (Cormenin, History of the Popes, p. 243, as cited in R. W. Thompson, The Papacy and the Civil Power, p. 248), The pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land.
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